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GALSTON PUBLIC SCHOOL<br />
Cnr Arcadia & <strong>School</strong> Roads, <strong>Galston</strong> NSW 2159<br />
Ph: 9653 2062 Fax: 9653 1980<br />
Email: galston-p.school@det.nsw.edu.au<br />
Website:http://www.galston-p.schools.nsw.edu.au<br />
ABN: 50 773 792 062<br />
26 June 2013 NEWSLETTER 20 Week 9 Term 2<br />
Important reminders for this week<br />
Thursday 27 June Parent/teacher conferences 5/6C, 5/6P and 4P<br />
Friday 28 June Crazy Hair Day<br />
Last day term 2<br />
Happy Holidays<br />
The staff of <strong>Galston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>School</strong> would like to wish all our students and families a safe and happy<br />
holiday. Thank you to the students who have worked so hard and to the <strong>Galston</strong> families for all of<br />
your support during the term. We look forward to an enjoyable and productive Term 3.<br />
Parent Teacher Conferences<br />
Thank you to all the parents who took the opportunity to participate in the parent teacher<br />
conferences during the week. I’m sure that you found the experience very informative. Hopefully, in<br />
conjunction with your child’s report, you now have a better understanding of how your child is<br />
progressing at school.<br />
Staff Development Day<br />
Monday 15 July will be a Staff Development Day. The teachers of <strong>Galston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>School</strong> will be<br />
participating in a series of workshops on the Australian English Curriculum, which is due for<br />
implementation in 2014.<br />
Education Week<br />
On Tuesday 30 July, <strong>Galston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>School</strong> will hold an Open Day. All parents and community<br />
members are invited to attend the day. The day will commence at approximately<br />
11.30am with a K-6 assembly in the school hall. During the assembly, awards will be<br />
presented, recognising student achievement in the area of Performing and Creative Arts.<br />
The drama group, junior choir, senior choir, dance group and band will perform at the<br />
assembly. After the assembly, parents and community members will be able to attend<br />
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classrooms between 12.30pm – 1.00pm. <strong>Parents</strong> and community members are also invited to stay for<br />
lunch. The day will conclude at 2.00pm.<br />
The P&C has organised for the sale of gourmet sausages in a roll, for lunch on the day. All rolls will<br />
need to be pre-ordered. Information will be sent home regarding the orders in week one, next term.<br />
The library will also be open between 11.00am – 2.00pm for book donations. Please take time<br />
during the day to visit the library to donate a book. This ensures that our library is always stocked<br />
with quality books for students to borrow. Further information will follow early Term 3, regarding<br />
the Open Day.<br />
Honour Awards<br />
Congratulations to the following students who received an honour award for achievement and/or<br />
improvement in the area of mathematics.<br />
Tempe KP<br />
Kyden KP<br />
Dylan KE<br />
Rhys KE<br />
Jeremy 1B<br />
Brooklyn 1B<br />
Jesse 1/2C<br />
Stella 1/2C<br />
Thomas 2PR<br />
Madeline C 2PR<br />
Zachary 3W<br />
Stella 3W<br />
Hamza 3/4F<br />
Dakota 3/4F<br />
Ben 4P<br />
Max 4P<br />
Callum 5/6P<br />
Tamara 5/6P<br />
Zeke 5/6C<br />
Jessica 5/6C<br />
Congratulations!<br />
Congratulations to Miss Clements and 1/2C who were successful in gaining entry into the prestigious<br />
ArtsNorth Drama Festival at NIDA. 1/2C has been asked to perform an evening and matinee<br />
performance at the festival. Well done, 1/2C and Miss Clements! Congratulations also to our senior<br />
choir, who will perform at the Sydney Town Hall early next term in the ArtsNorth Choral Concert.<br />
Well done to Mrs Bolger and the senior choir!<br />
It is extremely important to recognise the efforts of Mrs Bolger and Miss Clements, as they have put a<br />
lot of extra hours of work into the organisation of these events. A just reward for a lot of hard work!<br />
Please assist Mrs Bolger and Miss Clements by returning any permission notes and money promptly,<br />
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as this greatly assists with the organisation of each event. If you have any concerns regarding<br />
payment to participate, please contact the school office.<br />
Crazy Hair Day<br />
The SRC fundraiser for this term will be Crazy Hair Day. All students are asked to come to school this<br />
Friday with their craziest hair and a gold coin donation, which will be donated to Cystic Fibrosis<br />
New South Wales. We all look forward to a crazy day!<br />
P&C Barbeque<br />
The P&C operated a barbeque on Saturday 22 June and Sunday 23 June, at the Dural Squash Courts.<br />
The barbeque was extremely successful with approximately $900.00 raised for <strong>Galston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
Thank you to the many parents who volunteered their time to assist with operating the barbeque.<br />
Thank you also to Jo Stephenson for doing a fantastic job coordinating the smooth running of the<br />
barbeque. Well done to all involved!<br />
Bronze and Silver Awards<br />
Congratulations to the following students who have earned a bronze award as part of our Positive<br />
Behaviour Engaging Learners (PBEL) program.<br />
Emily<br />
Sarah<br />
Kohen<br />
Brooke<br />
Paige<br />
KE<br />
KE<br />
KP<br />
1B<br />
4P<br />
Jeremy<br />
4P<br />
Lauren<br />
4P<br />
Aitaeya<br />
4P<br />
Tamara 5/6C<br />
Nicholas from 3W and Maddy and Isaak from 5/6P received silver<br />
awards.<br />
Citizenship Award<br />
Congratulations to Sienna Allsop who was presented with the citizenship<br />
award. Sienna was presented with the award for volunteering to help Mrs<br />
Kitto clean up after an art activity, during lunch playtime. Well done,<br />
Sienna! Mrs Kitto certainly appreciated the help.<br />
Thank You<br />
As this is our final newsletter for semester one, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the staff<br />
of <strong>Galston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>School</strong> for their wonderful work during this semester.<br />
We are extremely lucky to have such a dedicated teaching staff who work tirelessly to deliver a<br />
quality, well-rounded education for all of our students. They spend many hours of their own time,<br />
ensuring that your child has the opportunity to participate in activities such as sport, drama, dance,<br />
excursions, choir, peer groups and debating, as well as delivering excellent educational programs.<br />
Our office staff do a tremendous job running our school office. We are extremely lucky to have Mrs<br />
Cordina, Mrs Morgan and Mrs Commons at <strong>Galston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>School</strong>. They do so many extra things,<br />
above and beyond their roles, to ensure that parents always receive a warm welcome to our office,<br />
as well as a high standard of service.<br />
We also thank all of our support staff for the extra support they provide to the staff and students.<br />
Their contribution greatly enhances the programs that operate within our great school.<br />
To the <strong>Galston</strong> community, thank you for your support during this semester. Without your support<br />
many of our school programs would be difficult to run.<br />
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4P News<br />
This term, 4P has been busy. We have been working on our novel studies, writing letters to our pen<br />
pals, learning more about Australian inventions and trying to get our heads around fractions!<br />
We received another letter from our pen pals in Ireland. We decided that it would be nice to make<br />
them a postcard with an illustration of an Australian landmark on the front. We had to work under<br />
pressure to get them to the post office so they would make it to Ireland in time. Our pen pals finish<br />
school for the year on Friday, so we had no time to waste. We were eagerly waiting for<br />
confirmation that they had arrived in time. Luckily, Miss Payne received a message just this morning<br />
to say that out postcards had arrived and they were fantastic. It has been wonderful to have people<br />
to write to on the other side of the world. We have learnt about what it is like to go to school in<br />
Ireland and have found that we have things in common with our pen pals. One student in our class<br />
shares the same birthday as a student from Ireland. In a world where we want everything to happen<br />
straight away, it has been exciting to wait for another batch of letters to arrive by snail mail!<br />
This term we had a project to complete on an Australian invention. Projects of all shapes and sizes<br />
arrived in the classroom and it was a challenge to find a place for them all. We had Hills Hoists, Ford<br />
Utes, Black Boxes, an Underwater Torpedo, Owen Machine Guns, Victa Lawnmowers, Vegemite jars,<br />
a Movie clapper, a miniature airport and inflight camera, a powerboard, Speedos and the<br />
Boomerang. Who would have known that Australians have been responsible for the invention of all<br />
these wonderful things.<br />
We are all looking forward to a break to recharge the batteries and defragment the mind, ready for<br />
Term 3. Hip, hip hooray for HOLIDAYS!!!<br />
Debating<br />
This week, the debating team travelled to Kenthurst PS<br />
for the second round of the Interschool Debating<br />
Competition. The topic, ‘Today’s children are spoilt’<br />
generated a lot of discussion, with the <strong>Galston</strong> team<br />
coming up with a strong negative case to put forward on<br />
the day. Our team talked about how electronics enrich a<br />
child’s education, that not all children are spoilt as some<br />
children in Australia are living in poverty, are homeless,<br />
or orphaned, Indigenous reading levels are not the<br />
equivalent of ours and some children live under the threat<br />
of war. The fabulous quick thinking team made some<br />
outstanding rebuttals which helped them win on the day.<br />
Well done to all the debaters and their helpers for another great debate.<br />
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Winning house DVD<br />
On Friday, the winning sport house will be watching a DVD for their fantastic effort in semester 1.<br />
The winning house this semester is Banksia. Congratulations to all Banksia students. Please meet in the<br />
library at 9.15am on Friday.<br />
Nathan Hindmarsh Visit<br />
<strong>Galston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>School</strong> was lucky enough to have a visit from Parramatta Eels great, Nathan<br />
Hindmarsh, last week. He came to present the runners-up trophy to the <strong>Galston</strong> Rugby League team<br />
and was nice enough to stay around for some photos and signatures. Unfortunately <strong>Galston</strong>’s biggest<br />
Parramatta tragic, Mr Montgomery, missed the occasion for a badly timed meeting. He was very<br />
lucky that Miss Payne was thoughtful enough to get a signature and photo for him. Thank you to<br />
Nathan Hindmarsh for coming out to the school and to Matt Brady for organising the visit.<br />
Diary Dates 2013<br />
28 June Last day Term 2<br />
Crazy Hair Day<br />
15 July Staff Development Day<br />
16 July ArtsNorth Choir Rehearsal at Chatswood High<br />
18 July Athletics Carnival<br />
19 July PSSA Sport Year 3 – 6<br />
P & C Disco<br />
23 July ArtsNorth Drama Rehearsal and Evening Performance Parade Theatre<br />
24 July <strong>Galston</strong> High ‘High <strong>School</strong> Musical’<br />
25 July ArtsNorth Drama Matinee Performance NIDA<br />
30 July Open Day<br />
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<strong>School</strong> Disco<br />
Our P & C <strong>School</strong> Disco will be held on Friday 19 th July 2013 at the <strong>School</strong> Hall. The cost of the disco will<br />
be:<br />
Pre-ordered $5.00 per child or $12.00 for a family of 3 or more children (Friday morning will be the last day<br />
for pre-payment). If you pay on the night the cost will be $7.00 per child or $15.00 for a family of 3 or more<br />
children.<br />
The Disco will be run in the following format.<br />
Years K - 2 5.30pm – 6.30pm Years 3 -6 6.30pm – 8.00pm<br />
Glow products will be available for purchase. You can either pre-order them or purchase them on the night (if<br />
there are any left).<br />
Sushi & Rice paper rolls will be available by preorder only. Drinks will be provided free of charge on the<br />
night.<br />
As this disco is being held in the school hall we will be requiring parent/carers to sign the children in and out<br />
on the night. We are asking everyone if they could pay special attention to this so we are able to keep track of<br />
everyone more easily.<br />
We will be requiring parent helpers for both sessions on the night. If you are able to help out at either session,<br />
please contact Michelle Vumbaca on 0409 686 611 or fill out the form ASAP. Thank you.<br />
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Disco Tickets<br />
Friday 19 th July 2013<br />
Years K-2: 5.30pm – 6.30pm<br />
Years 3-6: 6.30pm – 8.00pm<br />
Please return the following note with payment for the disco, food (if ordering) and glow products (to be<br />
collected on the night). Feel free to pay on the night but please be aware that there will be an extra cost.<br />
(payment on the night is $7.00 per child or $15.00 per family of 3 or more children).<br />
Name of Child @ $5 each or $12/ family (3 or more<br />
children)<br />
Qty<br />
Ordered<br />
$ per item Amount total<br />
Butterfly Hair Braids Flashing LED Fibre Optics $2.50<br />
Flashing Spike Ball Necklace $2.50<br />
Super Bright LED Finger Ring $1.00<br />
Glow Bracelets $1.00<br />
Glow Stick Necklaces $1.50<br />
Tuna Avocado Sushi Roll (1) $3.00<br />
California Sushi Roll (1) $3.00<br />
Teriyaki Beef and Veg. Sushi Roll (1) $3.00<br />
Teriyaki Chicken and Cucumber Sushi Roll (1) $3.00<br />
Teriyaki Chicken Rice Paper Rolls (2) $5.00<br />
Vegetarian Rice Paper Rolls (2) $5.00<br />
Tuna Rice Paper Rolls (2) $5.00<br />
Total Enclosed $<br />
Emergency contact name: ________________________________________________________<br />
Emergency contact numbers: ________________________________________________________<br />
I am able to help supervise at the disco. Name: __________________________________________<br />
Time available to assist: _1 ST Session________________________________2 nd<br />
Session_____________________<br />
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P & C<br />
Happy Holidays<br />
We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. We hope you all enjoy the break from<br />
school routine and look forward to seeing you all back in the playground in Term 3.<br />
Woolworths ‘Earn and Learn’ programme<br />
Collection of Earn and Learn stickers will conclude this week. If you have any loose stickers, please<br />
drop them into the school office, along with any part filled sticker sheets. We’ve had a great response<br />
to this programme, and thank you all for contributing so that the school can redeem some wonderful<br />
learning resources from Woolworths.<br />
Dural Squash BBQ – Many thanks<br />
Thanks to Michelle Vumbaca who grabbed the unexpected opportunity for our school to operate a<br />
fundraising BBQ at a Masters Tournament at Dural Squash Courts last weekend. The two day event<br />
was well attended and the school raised over $930.<br />
We would like to acknowledge the help from a great group of parents who gave their time over the<br />
weekend to ensure that we could take advantage of this opportunity. Thanks to: Paul and Nikki<br />
Bennett, Tess Coates, Matt Dickinson, Gavin Dawson, Alison Gierek, Andrew Freys, Jeff Best, Simon<br />
Edwards, Joe Zouein, Shannon Sandlin, Gail and Belinda Philp, Rebecca Morsink, Michelle Carran,<br />
Angela Bolt, Kelly and Luke Frost, Brooke Stephenson and Mr Montgomery!<br />
Special thanks also to Knox “The Egg Man” (from Halls Road) who very kindly donated 10 dozen<br />
eggs for the cause! Such a generous man.<br />
Canteen Roster Coordinator<br />
The Canteen Roster Coordinator position is still looking for a volunteer. It is essential that we have a<br />
roster coordinator to ensure that sufficient manpower is available to operate our canteen each week.<br />
Kathy Ballinger will provide guidance and support to a new recruit, so if you have some time<br />
available to fill this job, please contact her on 0407 413 952 to discuss.<br />
Uniform Shop – In store or online @ galstonpandc.org.au<br />
Weekly opening time: Friday from 2.30pm to 3.30pm<br />
Shop Online at: galstonpandc.org.au. Payments for online shopping can be made via direct bank<br />
transfer or by cash, cheque, EFTPOS or credit in the school office<br />
Canteen<br />
Stock Changes<br />
As we are in the process of changing supplier we are having a few problems supplying our regular<br />
lines. We do apologies for the inconvenience and hope everything will be sorted out early next<br />
term. We will continue to supply Sunfruits as usual. Our supplier had some difficulty getting them<br />
but we will have them first week back after the holidays. Sorry guys!<br />
We are currently out of Watermelon Sparkling, Lemon Pumped, Gingerbread Folk, Sunfruits and<br />
Pretzels.<br />
New products coming soon<br />
Keep your eyes open for some new and exciting goodies next term, including some new hot meals!<br />
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For Sale<br />
Chips! We are not allowed to sell packets of chips over 30gm in the canteen. However, we have a<br />
few 45gm bags left over from the Movie Night that we would like to sell. There are both Sea Salt<br />
and Honey Soy, just like we sell in the canteen. If you have a party coming up, or would like to<br />
purchase some chips to help out the canteen, please email Emma at canteen@galstonpandc.org.au or<br />
call 0424 166 619. There are approximately 90 packets and we will part with them for $1.35 per<br />
packet.<br />
Canteen Roster<br />
Friday 28 June 9-12pm Michelle Vumbaca Nicole Adams<br />
11-2pm Nicola Bennett Radka Simpson<br />
9-10.30am<br />
10.30-12pm<br />
12-1.30pm<br />
Eva Trethowan, Jane Cook<br />
Jeff Best<br />
Belinda Crofts<br />
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